The following reply was made to PR kern/149185; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alex Kozlov <s...@rm-rf.kiev.ua>
To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschm...@techwires.net>, bug-follo...@freebsd.org,
s...@rm-rf.kiev.ua
Cc:
Subject: Re: kern/149185: [rum] [panic] panic in rum(4) driver on 8.1-R
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:14:41 +0300
On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 06:25:32PM +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:11, Alex Kozlov <s...@rm-rf.kiev.ua> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:05:39AM +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 08:52, Alex Kozlov <s...@rm-rf.kiev.ua> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 10:02:35PM +0200, Juergen Lock wrote:
> >> >> Regarding the 8.1 if_rum(4) panics... I got a similar one, extracted
> >> >> a dump and tried to gather some info for someone who knows the code:
> >> >>
> >> >> The zero divide fault was because (apparently) rate was unitialized,
> >> >> as is
> >> >>
> >> >> ((struct ieee80211_node *)
> >> >> m->M_dat.MH.MH_pkthdr.rcvif)->ni_vap->iv_txparms[0]
> >> >>
> >> >> i.e. struct ieee80211_txparam &vap->iv_txparms[0] in case it matters.
> >> > Yes, its seems that ratectl framework sometimes set ni->ni_txrate to 0
> >> > This can be mitigated by patch [1] or by setting ucastrate option in
> >> > ifconfig. Still real issue need to be solved.
> >>
> >> The real issue is that prior to an association (RUN state)
> >> ieee80211_ratectl_node_init() is not called, therefore iv_bss is not
> >> configured in any way.
> > ieee80211_ratectl_node_init() called from iv_newstate when switching to
> > IEEE80211_S_RUN state. Most drivers do the same. Is it wrong?
> > Some call it from iv_newassoc, but this marked /* XXX move */
> >> I'll look into that if no one beats me.
> > Thanks.
> Please give attached patch a try, it should fix the issue for rum and
> all other drivers relying on the new ratectl stuff.
Testing. Thanks again.
--
Adios
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